White House conference weighs taxes debt limits and health aid
President Eisenhower and Republican leaders held a second White House session to chart a new legislative program. Discussions covered taxes and the debt limit, social security and aid to the handicapped, national health problems, and arms of the Atomic Energy Act with Strauss and Congressional leaders.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Rep
W. Sterling Cole
Nyc
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Doing Committee of Atomic Energy
Wilson
North Atlantic Treaty
Eisenhower Signals A Bomb Share Debate With Allies
President Eisenhower told a news conference he might share atomic weapon production secrets with allies if military conditions permit. He named Secretary Dulles and Operations Administrator Stassen to join this morning’s foreign affairs discussion as Reed attends vacation. The White House said a progressive long range program will follow an advisory commission report.
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Westens
Eisenhower
Mit
Dulles
Stasser
Daniel A. Reed
R-Ny
Ways and Means
Reed
White House
A. Eisenhower
Congress
Rail Workers Get Boost Across Nation in Wage Deal
A wage settlement between rail carriers and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen raises pay for about 206000 workers. An extra 5 cents an hour is added plus 13 cents from the cost of living escalator, ending the escalator. A additional week of vacation brings union members to three weeks. Wage scales vary by role and locality with daily rates of 14.50 for yard workers and 19.50 for road workers. The union represents conductors switchmen brakemen and dining car stewards.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
Bidault Quits France Third Presidential Ballot
France’s divided Parliament failed to elect a president in a third round with three candidates remaining. Bidault withdrew before the session. Naegelen led second ballot votes with 299, Laniel 276, Delbos 185, and Bidault 143 of 923.
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Marcel-Edmond Naegelen
Algeria
Yvon Delbos
Naegelen
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Delbos
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Alice
Palace of
Man Recovers Five Dollar Bill and Interest
Fremont Ohio reports Clair Zimmerman a hardware store operator received payment on a five dollar bill lent in 1917 with five dollars in interest. A woman now living in Burbank Ohio sent the bill in a letter saying it was mislaid during moves from Fremont to Oklahoma and back. Zimmerman did not identify her.
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Fremont
Ohio
Clair Zimmernao
Burbank
Oklahoma
Zimmerman
Death row pair die in gas chamber in Kansas City
The Kansas City court sequence ends as Hall and Mrs Heady are executed for kidnapping and murder. Witnesses note last words and guards report their final moments. Hall had a parole history and planned luxury from the $360,000 ransom before being killed by chemicals.
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Kansas City
Hall
Marshall K. Hoag
Pleasanton
Kan
Bobby Greenlease
Norbert & O'Neill
O'Neill
U.S
William B. Tatman
A Buth
Heady
Iife
St. Louis
Hansas City
Na Lina
Trial and executions stirs cold city streets
In a grim scene after the execution two hearers removed the bodies from the prison as a near zero night fell. Victor Buescher of Jefferson City claimed and prepared the corpses for burial. Mrs Heady’s body was to be taken to Clearmont Missouri for burial. Hall’s attorney argued he did not know where Hall would be buried. His mother and father lie in a family plot in Pleasonton Kansas. The Greenleases in Kansas City went to bed early not awaiting the execution.
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Victor Buescher
Jefferson City
Heady
Clearmont
Hall
Pleasonton
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Greenleases
First Nike Unit To Protect Area Around Capital
The article describes Nike missile developments including Bowmark, Paleo, Snark, Rascal, Regulus, Terrier, and Sparrow. It notes Nike blueprints were drawn eight years ago, with a reliable guidance system only two years ago. The Nike is about 20 feet long with a horizontal rail launch that pivots to vertical and uses a booster then liquid-fuel engine.
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Navy
Regulus
Army
Nike
Missionary Nurse Goertz Reflects on Asia Mission Work
Miss Goertz recounts challenges and goals from a 1921 start in China, detailing overhauls to a hospital, growth to 84 beds and 1000 patients yearly, a nurses training school, and the rise of 3000 Christians. She plans further relief work with Mennonite Central Committee in Mexico.
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Continard Prom
America
Pacific
Jwe
Prayer for Today and Faithful Work
A religious feature item presents a morning prayer seeking reliance on the Lord rather than human wisdom. It cites scripture about casting concerns on the Lord and asks for a day’s work guided by the Spirit. The piece attributes the reflection to Norman D. Kennedy of Regina Saskatchewan, a minister at First Presbyterian Church.
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Regina
Canada
First Presbyterian Church
Hog Hs
A Nations Council of Churches
Obituaries from Emmitsburg to Greencastle and beyond
Obituary notices report Ralph C. Ross infant death in Washington County Hospital with family details and funeral plans in Emmitsburg. Samuel M. Coffman, former Hagerstown resident, dies in Baltimore hospital aged 75. services set in Rose Will Cemetery with Reverend Charles Whitacre officiating. Annie May Waller, 79, dies at Franklin Farms Greencastle. burial Cedar Hill Cemetery after services at Minnich Funeral Home. Samuel F. Heckman, 11, Greencastle Route 2, dies after a year illness. services at Minnies Funeral Home and St Stephens Church with burial in St Thomas Cemetery.
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Holiday) Ross
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Hagerstown
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Kraiss
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Downsville
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Greencastle
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Lester Misner
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Father of Seven Dies After Exhaustion Crash
Bernard Shep, a year old Detroit father of seven, died when his car struck a safety stand on Woodward Avenue. Police say he worked two jobs welding and as a filling station attendant to earn extra money for Christmas and apparently fell asleep at the wheel.
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Tragedy Strikes For Third Time In Nine Months
In Frederick a 27 year old Barrington Luther Herbert was shot dead amid a battery dispute with Henry Garland Sexton who has been extradited from Virginia on murder charges. The Herbert family has suffered three violent deaths in nine months including a fatal automobile crash and a stabbing. The family includes siblings Thelma and others as police investigate.
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Frederick
Evelyn Keyes Herbert
Barrington Luther Herbert
Henry Garland Sexton
Route 4
Herbert
Sexton
Virginia
Leesburg
Loudon
George Walter Herbert
Boyds
Montgomery County
Charles Henry Herbert
Thelma
Callen
Pollack Praised At District Rally In Baltimore
A Trenton Democratic Club event honored Sack Pollack for about 25 years of leadership. Speakers reaffirmed support for the district boss as roughly 200 attendees praised his influence beyond his home district.
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Pollack
Baltimore
Trenton
President Eisenhower to address nation on Christmas Eve
President Eisenhower will deliver a three minute world peace appeal on television and radio from the White House at 4 p.m. EST Christmas Eve, likely with Mrs. Eisenhower, followed by the annual lighting of the national Christmas tree on the White House south lawn.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
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